, 1887-01-27

w g heard alter ward that rs he TpirhNl
The fort one afternoon. and it became
that Ia. would push on. ever,
effort was made 70 dissuade linn. For
a lime he was silent. grim. deaf. Then
he nolnted to the northeast and said:
There lie the bones of my childrei
and friends. and I will not rest until
: yr avenged them thrice over"
They old him the country was alive
with hostiIcs. and that every rod Of il,.
WA beset with pcrils: but a, the
.un went down he harnessed his mule,
I, the iron tongue. climbed into the
saddle. and without a nod OF farewell to
any ON, lac rode to the west in die
gathering gloom-mor,. grim. more &c.
to,ninol, moro Of n devil lhan n human
being. lie had travelled a good share Of
mo night ov,r :, country in which Je,th
lrrl.d in oxa,v ravine. but tn. u,,tcbful
savogs had no, asnied him IL. had
travelled until mid-afternoon next Iav
nInnp Il trail where sova0,s outnumha rel
the snakes twenty Ia one. lint somehow
thcv had missed him We were ridin0
at fulI snaed for tho fort ke,niny I'm,
shelter of the drv ravines and The valleys
and .xn.ctino nj any moment tn Ike mr.
sued when we ran unon Grim Walker.
His wagon stood ON fine omen prairie. at
laost half "A mill, from, th,. river and the
.I,.l,e, of ia. cottonv,ooda IA fmir
mules L,d haen unbnrnessed and turned
ont, tn ,,r,za and thc man was c~oolinr
lis sunnrr ot a c,mptire. the smoke Of
which would draw Indians for ten miles
around Our nstoui,hment when we
found him there alone kept us dumb for
and st,r,-I Mt him and he greeted our
presence by a mere nod. When | recog-
niz.d linn "a Grim Walker | began t.
suspect the enterprise he had Oh foot,
and after | had put L few questions he
briefly explained:
Il am here TO kill Indians. You can
look NV wagon over if you care to-
1t was what 1 have described. He had
a barrel or more of fresh water, u lot OF
and meat. IA small stove to cook on
and II perfect arsenal of firearms. 1t
evident that the Indians could not
get at him with bullets, nor ~tomuhawk,
nor fire, and il would take weeks to
starve him out. There was only one
thing that troubled the man. His stock
would be killed oil at once when he was
attacked. and he would then nave no
way OF moving his wagon. We helped
him out Of his dilemma by agreeing to
take the animals to the fort. The har-
nesses were piled into his house, and it
was understood that lie would come for
the mules when he wanted them. He
had a compass, and we gave him the ex-
act bearings, and as we rode away he was
preparing to toast another piece of meat.
.....,nI. ,,ttn.1,r n,,,,,r,a1 Ar.~ tl,.
dangers of his surroundings. rs to what
happened him during the next three
l had u few meagre details from
his own lips, but plenty Of information
from warriors who afterward became
friendly. That is, when licked out OF
their boots half u dozen times, their vii
lagos DESTROYED, many of their ponies
shot. and their squaws and children
driven To temporary starvation, they
cried for peace in order to recruit and
make ready for another campaign.
The campfire which Grim Walker built
saved the three of us from being am
pushed. A warrior told me that forty
savages were between us and the fort
when the smoke led them to believe that
IL large party of immigrants must 10
cnmped in the bottoms. 1t could only
tx "a large party which would dare build
such a fire in IA hostile country. The
warriors were all drawn OFF by a signal
To attack the larger game, and before
shutdown that evening 200 murderous
redskins were opening their eyes very
wide at sight of the one lone wagon an
chored on the prairie under their noses.
How did it get therey Where were the
l..t..nt ar tt,rrlng1 AIAa - .A.pttr.tnls
They must have asked themselves these
questions over and over again, but there
stood tho z grim, silent, mysterious.
The whole band finally move down for
u closer inspection. believing the vehicle
TO have been abandoned. and hopeful
that something in the shape Of plumber
had been left behind. They had come
close-thcy had entirely surrounded the
vehicle-when u sheet of flame darted
from one of the port holes. and Grim
Walker had begun to tally his victims.
Before the redskins could get out of
range he had killed seven of them, using
shot guns and buckshot. 1t was only
when they came to return the fire that
the savagcs discovered what sort of "a
vehicle had been hauled out there among
them. They wasted hundreds of bullets
before they ceased firing, and with a rifle
Walker killed two more of them before
night set i'll.
The superstitious nature of the Indian
would have driven him away had lac not
burned for revenge And too. it WIZ
argued that the wagon must contain
something of great value to have been
built that way. and greed was added to
tho tLi,st fn, xanun.n,a Thou, h.1;.,.I